Timeliness, transparency

Data for non-institutionalised population were collected between November 2007 and February 2008, and for those living in centres from May to July 2008.
A preview of the data was released in November 2008. The final dataset was released in October 2009.

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Type of data

Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of random or different samples

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

Access to data

Ease

Tables: Free access in Spanish and English
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=0 (Spanish)
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft15/p418&file=inebase&L=1 (English)
Microdata: (anonymized) http://www.ine.es/prodyser/micro_disca.htm
On the website, there is free access to all of the following provided data:
- Statistical tables of the survey
- Statistical tables on sampling errors
- Tables of Health expectancies
- Methodology, Methodology for Health expectancies, Questionnaires, Description of the classifications used and Assessment of non-response
- Survey microdata files for scientific purpose and elaboration (ASCII), with register designs of the ASCII files
- Press releases
All the above-mentioned documents are open access, downloadable files.
In many cases, through our files, we can respond to the demand for information that users require (unpublished special tabulations, data with a greater territorial or sectorial breakdown level, etc...).

Conditions of access

The 1999 Survey was carried out in agreement with the Institute for the Elderly and the Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind, while the 2008 one was with the Secretary of State of Social Services and the Foundation for the Blind.
Anonymised microdata and published tables can be accessed for free, with the exception of very specific demands.
Three microdata files on the Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any) and the children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on Institutions Questionnaire are only referred to those people living there.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Variable according to the number of data and tables requested in the application form.

Aggregated and elaborated tables plus raw anonymised microdata
Three microdata files on Household Questionnaire are available for general use: household data, people with disabilities data (including data from caregivers if any), and children with limitations data (and their primary caregivers if any). Data on the Institutions Questionnaire are only refer to those people living in an institution.

Formats available

The tables are available in CSV, Excel and PC-Axis files. The microdata files are available in ASCII format. Questionnaires and reports are available in PDF format.

Language issues

The website is in Spanish and English, but technical documents and register design files are available mainly in Spanish.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of this institutions and in the first step of the survey there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5)

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with disabilities): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of these institutions and in the first step of the survey, there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5).

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with disabilities): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for the non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of people living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of institutions and in the first step of the survey, there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with disabilities): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities.
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for the non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of institutions and in the first step of the survey, there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5)

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with disabilities): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for the non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of institutions and in the first step of the survey, there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5).

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with disabilities): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of institutions and in the first step of the survey, there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5)

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with disabilities): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of this institutions and in the first step of the survey there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5).

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with a disability): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of this institutions and in the first step of the survey there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5).

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with a disability): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

First year of collection

Stratification if applicable

Centres where people younger than 65 live and these reference people

Base used for sampling

For the survey of persons living in households, EDAD-08 uses the Municipal Register and a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the census sections. The second stage units are the households. All the people living in the household are studied. The people with a disability in the household have to answer the disability questionnaire (one disability questionnaire for each person with a disability).
For the survey of people living in institutions, EDAD-08 uses a stratified two-stage sample type. The first stage units are the Institutions [extracted from a Register of this institutions and in the first step of the survey there was a frame update process]. The second stage units are the people living in the Institution [random sample].

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

All of Spain, and the regions and provinces

Age range

- Members of households living in private dwellings to cover the Household Questionnaire: all adults (over 16) and children (under 5): 96,075 dwellings - People under the age of 65 with disabilities who lived in senior centres, centres for people with disabilities, psychiatric and geriatric hospitals, through the Institutions’ Questionnaire: 11,000 individuals

Statistical representativeness

Regions (17) and provinces (52)
All adults (over 6) and children (under 5)

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

1. Household questionnaire: socio-demographic and economic features of household members, visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities, dwellings conditions)
1a. Disability questionnaire (people aged 6 and over): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; social and economic benefits, economic activity, education, discrimination, social networks and contacts; accessibility, health, personal care)
1b. Functional limitations (people aged 5 and under)
1c. Carers questionnaire (when disability and care are reported): features of the main carer
2. Institutions Questionnaire
2a. Nursing homes questionnaire (centres): organisational and economic data, equipments and facilities, human resources
2b. Nursing homes questionnaires (people aged 64 and under with disabilities, 11,000 people with disabilities): visual, hearing, speaking and mental disabilities, mobility, self-care, daily living maintenance, social and family relations; income and economic provisions, and expenses linked to disabilities
EDAD 2008 deploys a set of classification variables for non-institutionalised population such as age, sex, family relationships (with the household reference person and people with disabilities), country of birth, nationality, marital status and living situation, level of education, disability certificate (> = 33 %), relationship with economic activity, employment status, occupation, business activity and province of residence. For those institutionalised, information on the centres' size (number of positions or beds in the case of hospitals) and ownership, public or private, was included. Individuals living in centres were classified as in the case of those non-institutionalised.

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Possibility of linkage among databases

No linkages among the three issues

Linkage

Standardisation

EDAD 2008 follows the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to define disability and dysfunctions. Classifications on occupations and professions are homogenized according to the INE standards valid in Spain.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Some variable definitions have been modified among the three issues, mainly between the 1999 and 2008 surveys (see Breaks).

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the service needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.

Applicability

Strengths
- Research on the number, characteristics and situation of people with disabilities has a clear social consensus because basic information about the situation of people with disabilities is essential for social policy planning and programs aimed at meeting the services needs for the disabled. A new Law on Autonomy and Dependency request a response to a social challenge.
- EDAD 2008 started taking advantage from the previous experience of the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and State of Health, 1999, to get homogenized information on the current social and demographic conditions, following the philosophy of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Weaknesses
- In spite of these positive bases, EDAD 2008 still lacks comparability with other former surveys on disabilities, the Survey on Disabilities, Impairment and Handicaps 1986 and the Survey on Disabilities Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status 1999.